Naturally. Having someone find you attractive/interesting is a huge turn on and for Hank, who is so often rejected because of the physical (not just by girlfriends, but by everyone), I think that would make a HUGE difference. I just hope I don't make him sound shallow when I say that - seeking companionship is a fairly primal urge
Indeed, and no, it doesn't make him shallow. In Gifted, Joss gave him the serious temptation to go for the cure, and that great scene with Logan, and later the one with Scott. One of the things Hank said was "I had a mouth a woman could kiss once". That's not the only reason why the "cure" tempts him, but it's one of them, along with the idea of devolving entirely which Nova plays on. So meeting a woman who seeks him out not in spite, but because of who he is, blue fur as included as intelligence, really makes a difference, if she is someone with qualities he can appreciate (which we just demonstrated she is *g*).
And I think it was very clever of Joss to make her half alien, because that gives her a shared otherness; she knows what it is to be different from a "normal" human being not just in theory but in practice, and through more than lack of social skills.
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Re: What Hank sees in Brand
Date: 2009-02-09 07:35 pm (UTC)Indeed, and no, it doesn't make him shallow. In Gifted, Joss gave him the serious temptation to go for the cure, and that great scene with Logan, and later the one with Scott. One of the things Hank said was "I had a mouth a woman could kiss once". That's not the only reason why the "cure" tempts him, but it's one of them, along with the idea of devolving entirely which Nova plays on. So meeting a woman who seeks him out not in spite, but because of who he is, blue fur as included as intelligence, really makes a difference, if she is someone with qualities he can appreciate (which we just demonstrated she is *g*).
And I think it was very clever of Joss to make her half alien, because that gives her a shared otherness; she knows what it is to be different from a "normal" human being not just in theory but in practice, and through more than lack of social skills.